Obituaries

OBITUARIES

McCracken on Saturday, Dec. 22, in the Providence Baptist Church in Millersville.

Mr. McCracken, 56, died of multiple injuries Dec. 20 at Memorial Hospital in Cumberland from an auto accident.

A recent resident of Crownsville and a former resident of Severna Park, he worked as a senior engineer of the Communications Systems Division at Westinghouse Electric Corp.

He was a member of Providence Baptist Church where he also taught adult Sunday school.

Other interests included photography and history.

He was awarded the Kentucky Colonel Award from a Kentucky governor for service to that state.

Mr. McCracken is survived by his wife, the Rev. Carolyn J. McCracken; a son, Charles H. McCracken III of Arizona; a daughter, Patricia M. Saiger of Ohio; his mother, Martha McCracken of Ohio; a brother, James E. McCracken of Ohio; and four grandchildren.

Miss Upton, 19, died of injuries sustained from an automoible accident Dec. 18 in Baltimore.

A senior at Old Mill Senior High School, she worked at Popeye's chicken restaurant in Severn.

Other interests included shopping.

She is survived by her parents, Edith A. and Wayne G. Bohrer Jr. of Severn; grandparents, John and Betty Cain of Drain, Oregon and J.C. and Julia Peterson of Roseburg, Oregon; a great-grandmother, Edith Faulkner; a brother, Rodney Lynn Dillon of Severn; and a sister, Julia Mae Upton of Oregon.